Mop.



A. L. EVANS.

MOP.

APPLICATION FI-LED MAR. 28. I914.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

inventor Q ANNA L. EVANS, 0F PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov; 23. 1915..

Application flled March as, 1914. Serial No. 228,008.

, all! To all whom at may concern.

Be it known that I, ANNA L. EvAns, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Prairie View in the county of\Valler and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Mops, of whichthe following is a specification.

- fol-ding means for holding the cloth and also affording means fortwisting the cloth in order to wring water out of the same.

Another ob ect of the invention is to provide the handles with means forsecurely but releasably engaging the ends of the cloth.

Another object of the invention is to provide a, mop,.the handles ofwhich may be very cheaply made, thereby permitting the mop to be placedupon the market at a small cost.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein-Figure l is a perspective view of the mop; Fig. 2 is a view in elevationlooking at the inner face of one of the handles; Fig. 3 is a viewshowing one of the handles in side elevation with the head broken awayto show the hook which engages the cloth; Fig. 1 is an end view ofone ofthe handles.

The handles 10 have their outer end portions provided with openings 11so that the mop may be hungup or so that if desired a suitable securingdevice may be passed through the openings 11 to releasably connect thehandles. This securing device has not been shown since any suitablemeans can be used which will permit the handles to be quickly connectedand disconnected. Each of the handles is provided at its inner end witha head 12 which is provided with a longitudinally-extending cut-outportion forming a socket 13 leading from the end of the head. The socket'13 is provided with a reduced month 1 1 so that the end of the cloth 15will be wedged in the sockets 13 and thus prevent their slipping out ofengageascraper 17, the outer face of the head 12 is beveled as shown at18.

When using this mop, the ends of the cloth 15 are forced into the socket13 and are engaged by the hooks 16. The ends of the cloth expand in thesocket 13 and therefore they can not readily slip out of the sockets andbecome disconnected from the hooks. been connected with the hooks, thehandles are placed together as shown in Fig. 1 and the mop is then readyfor use. The cloth is dipped into the water and the dishes can bescrubbed with the mop thus cleaning them. If there are any particleswhich stick to the dishes. the same may be scraped off by one of thescraping edges 17. I If it is desired. to wring the water out of the mopduring the process of washing the dishes, the handles may be grasped,onewith each hand, and then turned to twist the cloth thus wringing thewater out of the same. It will'therefore be seen that with this mop thehandles will afford means for wringing the mop and will also constitutescraping elements. It

After the ends of the cloth have will be further seen that the cloth maybe. i

easily connected and disconnected from the handles and that therefore anew cloth may be easily substituted for the one which has become wornout.

' It should also be noted that this mop is very simple in constructionand can be easily and cheaplv made either from wood, metal, or asuitable composition molded or compressed into shape. '4

A slide may be provided to close the mouth 14 to securely hold the clothin the socket 13 and prevent it from being wrenched out through themouth 14 when wringing the mop.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A mop comprising handles, each being provided with a head at one endhaving. a longitudinally-extending socket formed therein and providedwith a reduced mouth, clothengaging means in said socket, and a clothhaving its ends fitting into said sock ets and removably engaged by saidcloth-engaging means.

' '2. In a mop, a pair of handles, each having one end portion providedwith a longi-- tudinallyextending socket having a reduced mouth leadingfrom, the inner face of the handle, and cloth-engaging means mountedinto said sockets and releasably engaged by in the sockets of saidhandles. said cloth-engaging means. 10

3. A mop comprising a pair of handles In testimony whereof I aflix mysignaprovlded W1th sockets leading from one end, ture in presence of twoWitnesses.

5 the outer faces of said handles having their ANNA L. EVANS.

end portions, cut-out and inclined to form Witnesses: scraping edges,cloth-holding means in said R. L. IsAAcs, sockets, and a cloth havingits ends fitting S. J. MASON.

Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

